In a message dated 97-06-04 12:45:38 EDT, you write: << I am compiling a list of descendants of this union: Mary Brooks Jones (14Oct1769 - 29Oct1847) md. 30Dec1788 to Rev. Matthew Bates (7Aug1765 - 16Sep1800) of Pittsylvania County, VA. they had: Lucy Hicks Bates md. James Smith Nancy Dawson Bates md. Ayres Hodnett Mary Bates Susannah Fleming Bates md. Charles Fleming Bates Matthew Bates (female) md. Allen C. Tanner >> Bates Booster Newsletter No. 43 dated November 1978, published by The Bates Family of Old Virginia, has some coverage of the above family from the Peyton Smith Bible and other sources. Provide me with you mailing address and I will provide you with complementary copy of this Bates newsletter. Wayne Witt Bates, Editor The Bates Booster Newsletter The Bates Family of Old Virginia